Shadowed Summer in The Horn Book Guide!

Shadowed Summer has been included in the Fall 2009 Horn Book Guide, I'm so excited. They say, "A Southern gothic sensibility adds a chill to this sweltering Louisiana mystery." Bwee, shivery!

Manuscript & Query Critique for Auction

We're raising money to buy BOOKS for the students at Oklahoma City's Tulakes Elementary school. How are we doing that? By holding an awesome auction while celebrating Cynthea Liu's debut of PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE. Come bid on a 5 page manuscript or screenplay critique or a query letter critique from me- and help Tulakes students get the books they deserve!

The Weekly Reader with Rachael Hanel

I did my first radio interview as a published author, with the lovely Rachael Hanel from The Weekly Reader! You can listen in June 4th, 2009 (today!) on KMSU at 11.30 eastern/10.30 central - on their website! And! I'm so excited, because I'm sharing the hour with sister deb Cynthea Liu!!

Kind Words for Shadowed Summer!

I'm extraordinarily honored to announce that Annette Curtis Klause, author of The Silver Kiss and Blood & Chocolate, has offered this endorsement of Shadowed Summer:

"A subtle and enthralling tale of innocent obsession that almost made me miss my Metro stop!"

Chicago Tribune Printer's Row Lit Festival

I will be participating in a panel discussion about YA fiction at the Printer's Row Lit Festival! The panel includes Jacquelyn Mitchard, James Kennedy, and Sally Nemeth, moderated by Amy Alessio.

You can check it out at the University Center/River Room on Sunday, June 7th, 2009 at University Center, 525 S. State Street, Chicago, IL. Check out their website for more information about the festival!

Shadowed Summer an ALAN Pick for May!

How exciting- Shadowed Summer is one of ALAN's Picks for May! There are a lot of other fantastic books on the list, including sister Deb Cindy Pon's Silver Phoenix, so I'm in honored company! Check it out!

SECOND PRINTING FOR SHADOWED SUMMER!

I just got word that Shadowed Summer is going into its SECOND PRINTING! Many thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm and support; it means so much to me and my little southern gothic ghost story!!

GLBT Month at Book Chic!

I'm so pleased to be a part of GLBT Month with Book Chic! There have been lots of great guest blogs already, and more to come. I'd like to share mine today, The Last Time We Ask Why. Thanks for having me, Book Chic, and thanks for a great project!

Spotlight On At Shalonda's Blog

I'm honored to be in the spotlight on Shalonda's Blog today. Find out how a Ouija board can be like a frisbee, what my dinner every night in hell would be, and whom I admire most, living or dead (aside from Shalonda, of course!) It's such a pleasure to be included! Thanks Shalonda!!

My Pub Story!

I'm excited to be this week's Pub Story at Reviewer X's place. You want to know how I got to this point? Quitting. No seriously. Read the Pub Story and find out more!

Kind Words for Shadowed Summer!

I'm extraordinarily honored to announce that New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce has offered this endorsement of Shadowed Summer:

"Tight, tense, and real- it gripped me long after I finished it! This is the best ghost story I've read in ages!"

Huge Digital Excerpt of Shadowed Summer!

Oh, this excites me so much! Random House has created a widget to let you read BIG excerpts of their novels online! That means now, you can read a tiny sample of Chapter One right here or you can read all of Chapter One and part of Chapter Two, in full-sized digital clarity, for free! I'm so stoked! Check it out!!

Lies & Stuff Mailing List

To the many doodads and thingums on my websites, I added a mailing list this week! Be the first to find out the news, sports and weather... er, any news about me, my books or my films, and maybe even get exclusive freebie stuff in the future. Like ARCs. And bookmarks. And pictures of monkeys. Yay, mailing list!